Iran, India and Trump
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After the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed twenty-two people in India and was linked to Pakistan, India responded with Operation Sindoor, killing more than a hundred terrorists across nine terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
US President Donald Trump claims he can broker peace between Israel and Iran, citing past successes in diffusing tensions between other nations.
The maker of F-16 fighter jets prized by Pakistan, Lockheed Martin, has witnessed a subdued stock market trend in the last one month, with the scrip remaining largely unchanged following India's successful competition on Operation Sindoor.
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairman of the Pakistan Peoples Party, warned that tensions with India will grow daily without dialogue. He spoke at a press conference in Brussels. He said the region was safer before the conflict started.
Donald Trump taking to Truth Social also highlighted his past interventions in defusing tensions between Serbia and Kosovo, as well as between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Nile dam dispute, claiming his actions prevented potential conflicts. He criticised the Biden administration for undermining these gains but assured he could restore progress.
Terrorist attacks and looming problems over India’s suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty will keep relations tense.
Economy could grow by about 6.5 per cent this financial year, analysts say, with rate cut predicted to boost consumption, investment.
Modi’s stopover in Cyprus, the first by an Indian Prime Minister in 23 years, is not just symbolic but part of a deliberate effort to counter the growing Turkey-Pakistan alignment.